Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

Code in text: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "This will open a dialog box, and you can select the kali machine ova file you just downloaded."

A block of code is set as follows:

    subprocess.run(
        ["ifconfig", "eth0"],
        shell=True,
    )

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

sudo dpkg -i /path/to/file

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Press Yes and you will see the following screen."

Tips or important notes

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